Synonyms of clots

clots 1 of 2

noun

plural of clot

1

as in clusters

a number of things considered as a unit

a clot of daisies occupied one corner of the flower bed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clusters
• batches
• arrays
• bunches
• clumps
• collections
• groups
• assemblages
• constellations
• lots
• groupings
• batteries
• banks
• assortments
• blocks
• packages
• sets
• bands
• series
• suites
• varieties
• mixtures
• clutches
• accumulations
• knots
• aggregations
• parcels
• aggregates
• the whole kit and caboodle
• huddles
• passels
• jumbles
• musters
• agglomerations
• conglomerations
• suits
• sundries
• cycles
• odds and ends
• runs
• miscellanies
• hodgepodges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• units
• items
• entities
• singles

2

as in clumps

a small uneven mass

clots of dirt that were flung up by the horses' hooves

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clumps
• chunks
• wads
• hunks
• lumps
• globs
• blobs
• pieces
• gobs
• clods
• beads
• dollops
• knobs
• gobbets
• globules
• particles
• nubs
• nuggets
• bits
• patches
• nubbles
• drops
• chips
• portions
• granules
• blocks
• bodies
• bulks
• crumbs
• scraps
• morsels
• nubbins

3

as in morons

British a stupid person

was of the opinion that most of the people running for parliament were clots

Synonyms & Similar Words

• morons
• idiots
• lunatics
• stupids
• lumps
• losers
• stupes
• fools
• mutts
• dummies
• deadheads
• imbeciles
• dips
• noodles
• pinheads
• knuckleheads
• blockheads
• geese
• dopes
• turkeys
• ganders
• numskulls
• golems
• donkeys
• loons
• hammerheads
• prats
• clunks
• boneheads
• hardheads
• dullards
• ninnies
• oafs
• dolts
• stocks
• noddies
• dunces
• yahoos
• goons
• cretins
• ignoramuses
• jerks
• sapheads
• lunkheads
• dunderheads
• dumbbells
• airheads
• meatheads
• goofs
• dimwits
• simpletons
• clucks
• nincompoops
• chuckleheads
• fatheads
• dim bulbs
• ratbags
• bubbleheads
• nuts
• jackasses
• loggerheads
• nits
• birdbrains
• momes
• dorks
• dumb clucks
• nitwits
• cuddies
• schlubs
• schnooks
• nimrods
• dum-dums
• clowns
• boobies
• clodpolls
• villains
• thickheads
• doofuses
• chowderheads
• woodenheads
• dumbheads
• lamebrains
• half-wits
• know-nothings
• madmen
• dodoes
• ninnyhammers
• dummkopfs
• buffoons
• skunks
• loonies
• snakes
• yo-yos
• mugs
• zanies
• beasts
• heels
• creeps
• scatterbrains
• stinkers
• gawks
• boors
• cads
• curs
• churls
• featherbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brains
• thinkers
• intellectuals
• intellects
• geniuses
• sages
• wizards
• whizzes
• Renaissance men
• polymaths
• sharpies

clots

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of clot

1

as in blocks

to prevent passage through by filling with something

phone lines clotted by Internet traffic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blocks
• obstructs
• jams
• clogs
• congests
• occludes
• fills
• floods
• stuffs
• dams
• chokes
• stops (up)
• plugs (up)
• gums (up)
• packs
• corks
• furs
• silts
• overwhelms
• stopples
• bungs
• spiles
• swamps
• stoppers
• gridlocks
• gluts
• inundates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opens (up)
• frees
• clears
• unblocks
• unclogs
• unplugs
• scoops (out)
• unstops
• empties
• excavates
• hollows (out)
• lightens

2

as in gels

to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly

scabs form over cuts when your blood starts to clot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gels
• jellies
• clumps
• coagulates
• freezes
• stiffens
• congeals
• gelatinizes
• jells
• gelates
• sets
• cakes
• firms (up)
• thickens
• hardens
• solidifies
• condenses
• concretes
• curdles
• gums
• fixes
• lumps (up)
• curds
• indurates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• melts
• liquefies
• fuses
• thaws
• fluxes
• deliquesces

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clots

Noun

When clots are in the lungs, patients often need medications called blood thinners, such as heparin or warfarin, to help the body dissolve them. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

Only a small number of people know precisely what happened, including when doctors discovered the clots and whether the Eagles allowed Hurts to play in London after going 36 hours without sleep. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

The Eagles, two-time defending division champions, are trying to figure out how to win with quarterback Jalen Hurts sidelined for the season by blood clots. — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026

Further testing revealed the deep vein clot and the clots in the lungs, leading to Hurts’ being indefinitely sidelined. — David K. Li, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

These clots can travel to the lungs and stop blood flow, leading to a pulmonary embolism. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Many superficial clots stay put and get better without blood thinners. — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Jose Majano Rodriguez, the uncle of the injured baby, told CBS News New York in Spanish that little Samantha suffered from brain clots but is doing better following surgery. — Nick Caloway, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Unlike the appendage, where atrial fibrillation is necessary for clots to form, stagnation and clot formation can occur within the LASP even in a perfectly normal heart rhythm. — Subramaniam C. Krishnan, STAT, 28 Sep. 2026